Record Store Day 2017: Limited Edition Release Spotlight

04/21/2017

KEXP

What began as a humble way of getting people to shop mom-and-pop record stores is now an international celebration: it's Record Store Day, and this Saturday, April 22nd marks its 10th Anniversary. April also happens to be KEXP's 45th anniversary as a station, and to celebrate both, KEXP DJs will be spinning 45 RPM records throughout the day. In fact, Audioasis will be an ALL-45 RPM show this week.

We're not just celebrating vinyl on the air, but in our Gathering Space: we'll have two shows in our Uptown Concerts series with the dreamy Americana of Evening Bell at 9:00 AM and the punk-pop fun of Mommy Long Legs at Noon. Light in the Attic Records will be open for extended hours from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM with a mega-sale, and La Marzocco celebrate their 90th anniversary with espresso-filled fun.

As always, there will be exclusive, limited-edition releases, and the rules are the same: quantities are limited, and not every store will have the same things in stock. KEXP shares a few highlights below of things we'll be hunting, but you can check out the complete list of new releases here. • (Various Artists) -- Ciao! Manhattan Original Motion Picture Soundtrack LP

Limited to 2000 copies; originally issued in 1990, this tribute LP features a great line-up including R.E.M., Butthole Surfers, T-Bone Burnett, The Jesus and Mary Chain, and more. Double vinyl remaster housed in a gatefold sleeve, includes three extra tracks previously only available on the original cassette release.

Limited worldwide release of 4500; original versions of "Le soleil est pres de moi" and "J'ai dormi sous l'eau" with a Dan The Automator remix of the latter and a l :cube & DJ Gilb'R .A.K.A Chateau flight remix of the former.

• Alice In Chains -- "Get Born" 2 x 7"

Only 4000 pressed; this 45 RPM double 7” single collects four remastered tracks available on vinyl for the first time: “What the Hell Have I” and “A Little Bitter” from the soundtrack to the 1993 Arnold Schwarzenegger film Last Action Hero, and “Get Born Again” and “Died,” the band’s final recordings with original vocalist Layne Staley.

• Andre 3000 -- All Together Now 7"

Limited to 5000 copies; Andre 3000 covers The Beatles’ “All Together Now,” as first heard in a 2010 Nike commercial that aired during NBA Finals. (An instrumental version is the b-side.)

• Animal Collective -- Meeting Of The Waters 12" Vinyl

A performance from Avey Tare and Geologist recorded live in the Amazon rainforest outside Manaus, Brazil in early 2016. The EP is original tracks and field recordings, over 30 minutes in length.

Available on vinyl for the first time in more than 40 years, this 1975 LP showed a softer side of Cash with songs like “Nasty Dan” (written by Sesame Street writer Jeff Moss and first performed by Cash on the classic children’s program), the original “I Got a Boy (and His Name is John)” (written about Cash’s only son, John Carter Cash, who contributes liner notes to this reissue) and “Old Shep,” recorded by Elvis Presley in 1956.

• Kevin Morby -- "Beautiful Strangers" 7" Vinyl

• Link Wray -- Beans and Fatback LP

• Lou Reed -- Perfect Night: Live in London 2 x LP

• The Lumineers -- Song Seeds 10" Vinyl

• Luna -- Penthouse Deluxe 2 x LP

• Mad Professor meets Jah9 -- Mad Professor Meets Jah9 LP

• Mark Mulcahy -- The Possum in the Driveway LP

Limited to 750 copies; the latest solo album from this Miracle Legion/Polaris frontman, on limited edition gold vinyl via his own imprint, Mezzotint.

Limited to 2500 copies; featuring the very first Gospel Funk recordings by Sharon Jones from the late '70s with E.L. Fields and The Gospel Wonders. That's Sharon Jones' high school portrait on one side, and a photo of her with the Gospel Wonders on the other. Pressed on Daptone Records' reissue subsidiary, EVER-SOUL Records.

• Shocking Blue -- At Home 12" LP

• The Smiths -- "The Boy With The Thorn In His Side" 7" Vinyl

• Spoon -- "Hot Thoughts" Record Store Day 12”

• Steve Earle and the Dukes -- Live 7" Vinyl

• The Sundays -- Blind: 25th Anniversary Edition LP

• Sunny Day Real Estate -- The Rising Tide 2 x LP

• Super Furry Animals -- Fuzzy Logic LP

• Superchunk -- Cup of Sand 3 x LP

• Suuns -- Hold/Still Remix 2 x LP

• Talking Heads/Wildling -- "This Must Be The Place" Side By Side 7"

• Tegan and Sara/The Regrettes -- "Back In Your Head" Side By Side

• The Time -- What Time Is It? LP

• Toto -- "Africa" 12" Picture Disc

• Townes Van Zandt -- Live at Austin City Limits LP

• U2 -- "Red Hill Mining Town" 12" Picture Disc

• The Veldt -- "Symmetry"/"Slow Grid" 7" Vinyl

• Vic Chesnutt -- West of Rome 2 x LP

• The War On Drugs -- "Thinking of a Place" 12”

Limited to 5500 copies; their first new music since the release of their critically acclaimed album 2014 album Lost In The Dream.